Govt asks all hospitals to obtain blood from licensed blood banks
AMN / NEW DELHI The Government has instructed all hospitals to obtain blood only from licensed blood banks. There are a total of three thousand twenty three licensed blood banks…
SC dismisses plea seeking guidelines for conduct of cesarean deliveries
AMN Supreme CourtSupreme Court today has dismissed plea seeking laying down of guidelines on how cesarean deliveries should be conducted. The Apex Court slapped 25,000 rupees as cost on the…
Govt to provide free drugs, diagnostics for hepatitis B & C patients
ONKAR SINGH / NEW DELHI The government on Saturday launched National Viral Hepatitis Control programme to combat the disease by 2030 in the country. Under the initiative, free drugs and…
Every year 1 million newborns stand risk of chronic Hepatitis B
25% of the people infected with chronic hepatitis B infection are at risk of developing cirrhosis of the liver More than 360 million people around the world suffer from chronic…
Hepatitis can be cause of infertility in males
Those with HBV are 1.59 times more likely to experience infertility and the need of the hour is to encourage couples to talk openly about their apprehensions AMN / New…
HIV infects 1 teen girl every 3 minutes: UN Report
The data unveiled at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam showed that teen girls are bearing the brunt of the AIDS epidemic. One girl between the ages of 15 and…
Slump in fight against #AIDS can derail progress made so far!
By Shobha Shukla “Tremendous progress against AIDS over the past 15 years has inspired a global commitment to end the epidemic by 2030. Out of the total 36.9 million people…
Japan enacts bill to curb passive smoking
TOKYO Lawmakers in Japan have enacted a bill to strengthen measures for preventing health hazards caused by passive smoking. According to NHK, the Upper House of the Diet approved the…
Prevention is better than cure in monsoon season
Children and elderly should take special care AMN / New Delhi It is time again when monsoons hit most part of India. In Ayurveda, it is the time for aggravation…
Yoga can connect the world: PM Modi
PM shares a video on Twitter; says Yoga is important for health and wellness; Appeal to people to adopt yoga; Says Yoga can connect the world. AMN The entire world…